Improvement in collars



G. F. R l C E.

Collars.

Patented March 25,1873.

IT VTET EUF' UN TED STATES PATENT OEEroE.

GEORGE F. RICE, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN COLLARS.

gpecification forming part of Letters'Patent No. 137,696, dated March 25, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, GEORGE F. RICE, of the city and county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved collar, and Fig.2 represents a front view of the same in the position which it assumes when arranged on the neck of the wearer.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of collars known as standing collars or chokers the object of the invention being to provide a collar which will fit the neck well, and remain in proper position at all times; one which will not be disarranged by the turning of the head and bending of the neck, while, at the same time, the tie or scarf will be prevented from working up over the top of the collar.

To effect this result I make at each end of the collar A a notch, scallop, or depression, B, which extends into the end of the collar to a point above the outer end of the button-hole 0, thus forming at the ends of the collar the projections D for the buttonholes, and above them other projections E, substantially as shown, while the main part of the collar A may be made in the ordinary form.

The wearer, when arranging the collar in position on his neck, first buttons the ends of the collar to the neck-stud F he then springs the upper projecting portion E of the end first buttoned onto the stud F past and to the outside of the other projecting portion E on the end last buttoned to the stud, slightly raising the ends of the collar at the time to permit the projections E to readily pass each other. The two ends of the collar, when thus arranged, form a look upon each other at the notch B, and press against each other so as to expand the upper part of the collar, the stud. F acting as a pivot. This causes the sides G G of the collar to fit closely down upon the sides of the neck so that there is no liability of the collar working up over the shirt-bindingwhen the neck is bent or the head turned to one side. It also causes the collar to stand in such position as to flare or incline outward at the top, thus effectually preventing the tie or scarf from working up over the top of the collar, and thereby obviates the necessity of pinning down the sides of the collar or of pinning the scarf in position, while the collar fits much better and is rendered more comfortable and agreeable to the wearer than collars of the ordinary construction.

The ends of the collar may be made of a somewhat different form from that shown, provided they are so made as to look past each other in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2, and to bear firmly against each other at the depression B, and thus prevent the contraction or drawing together of the upper edges of the collar.

Having described my improved collar, what I claim therein as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent as a new article of manufacture,'is-

The collar A having its ends formed with notches or depressions B and projections l) E, substantiallyas described and shown, whereby said ends can be locked against each other when the collar is worn, as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE E. RICE.

Witnesses:

CHAS. H. BURLEIGH, GEo. J. MowRY. 

